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Sure the US is ahead of the EU. The EU allows 11 [1] synthetic food dyes while the US only allows 9 [2] [1] https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/food-col
by wnevets 2y ago
Sure the US is ahead of the EU. The EU allows 11 [1] synthetic food dyes while the US only allows 9 [2]
[1] https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/food-colours https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/food-colours
[2] https://www.fda.gov/food/color-additives-information-consumers/color-additives-questions-and-answers-consumers https://www.fda.gov/food/color-additives-information-consume...
- lm28469 2y agoGood thing only the numbers are important and not the health effects!
- wnevets 2y agoYou are the one that asked for the comparison. Didn't get the numbers you thought you would?
- lm28469 2y agoI don't think you replied to who you think you replied to
- wnevets 2y ago> I don't think you replied to who you think you replied to Lost in the woods, are you? https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wnevets#42712332 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wnevets#42712332 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wnevets#42713065 https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=wnevets#42713065
- Aloisius 2y agoI count 14 for the EU. Quinoline Yellow (E 104), Sunset Yellow FCF/Orange Yellow S (E 110), Azorubine/Carmoisine (E 122), Amaranth (E 123), Ponceau 4R/Cochineal Red A (E 124), Erythrosine/Red No. 3 (E 127), Allura Red AC (E 129), Patent Blue V (E 131), Indigotine/Indigo carmine (E 132), Brilliant Blue FCF (E 133), Green S (E 142), Brilliant Black PN (E 151), Brown HT (E 155), Litholrubine BK (E 180) Some of these names may be confusing since their names imply they're natural when in fact they are synthetic (e.g. Amaranth, Cochineal Red A, Indigo carmine).
- wnevets 2y agoThe FDAs 9 also includes Red 3 which is gonna be banned.